Torrance Lecture Series

The E. Paul Torrance Lecture, sponsored by the College of Education’s Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, annually brings scholars and creative artists to UGA to discuss issues related to creativity. It was established in 1985 to honor Torrance, a native Georgian and pioneer in research on the identification and development of creative potential.

Upcoming Dates

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Torrance Lectures So Far

2022 – Angus Fletcher - Why are Children More Creative than Computer AI - Until They Go to School?
2021 – Paul Silvia – Ordinary Creativity in Everyday Life: What Our Quirky Hobbies, Projects, and Passions Reveal About Human Creativity
2020 – Kyna Leski - From Field
2019 – Michael Mumford - Creative Thinking: Processes, Strategies, Skills and Errors
2018 – Didi Dunphy – Art is a Verb, So Let’s Do It
2017 – Punya Mishra – From the Swampy Lowlands of Practice to Unbearable Lightness of Theory: Navigating Creativity, Technology, and Teaching
2016 – Scott Barry Kaufman
2015
- Felice Kaufmann – Stories from the Rear View Mirror: Lessons Learned from the Lives of Gifted Adults
- Barbara Kerr – Making the World Safe for Creative Adolescents
2014 – Branford Marsalis
2013 – Keith Sawyer
2012 – Dr. Kyung Hee Kim – The Creativity Crisis
2011 – Dr. Mark Beeman – Insight in the Brain: The Cognitive and Neural Bases of ‘Eureka!’
2008 – C. June Maker
2007 – Joseph S. Renzulli
2006 – Robert Alan Black
2006
- Mark Runco – Innovative Teaching: Implications of Creativity Research
- Mark Runco – The Academic Climate and Setting for Creativity and Innovation
2005 – Dean Keith Simonton – Diversifying Experiences & Creative Development